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Re: Luftwaffe Hornet Moth
I have to agree with Clint
Looking at all the other photos taken by the unknown photographer, I cannot see anything really pointing to something later than appx 1940.
Unfortunately France was major recipient of DH.87 and if (a big if) the seller is correct in his statement the photos were taken at Vulains-sūr-Seine (which probably is Vulaines-sūr-Seine), we will not get any wiser since most of the DH 87s were bought by people in/around Paris.
Since I can only assume no one on TOCH has any real knowledge about exactly what happened to all the French civil aircraft between Sep 1939 - June 1940, we basically have no clue how the French impressment went its way. Since so many aircraft obviously never was incorporated into the military organization, the handling (to me) seems much more haphazard than the way it was done in Britain. Having said that, I would then assume local rules applied instead of country rules, meaning that it would not surprise me if local commanders (airfield or unit) simply requisitioned the available civil aircraft which was by now grounded all over France.
So, again, this aircraft can thus be any of those DH.87s which had been stored around Paris (six-seven can be easily found).
I would be very happy to listen to any of our French contributors and learn much more about all these "hidden mysteries". Trivia of course, since it ment basically nothing to the overall effort, but very interesting to me and many others.
Cheers
Stig
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